ICFA.NA.0081, Nicholas V. Artamonoff Collection, Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives, Dumbarton Oaks.

Aqueduct of Valens (Bozdoğan Kemeri) with Fatih Camii rising at the vanishing point of the aqueduct line, March 1936.

The fresh debris of recently demolished buildings in the foreground is testimony of the dynamism of a major center of population like Istanbul. The transformation of the urban fabric is inevitable, but this should not proceed in an uncontrolled fashion at the expense of the cultural heritage.